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N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE/N4NRN/N8NRN/ N16NRN/ N32NRN/N4NRL/N8NRL/ N8NRP/ N16NRP/N64NR
N4NRM/N8NRM/N16NRM/N8NRX/N16NRX
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Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.

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  • Page 1 Network Video Recorder User Manual N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE/N4NRN/N8NRN/ N16NRN/ N32NRN/N4NRL/N8NRL/ N8NRP/ N16NRP/N64NR N4NRM/N8NRM/N16NRM/N8NRX/N16NRX Version 1.0 Features and specifications are subject to change, please check www.specotech.com for firmware updates.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Notes& Contents NVR User Manual Notes Please read this user manual carefully to ensure that you can use the device correctly and safely.  The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.  This device should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. The voltage of the power must be verified ...
  • Page 3 Notes& Contents NVR User Manual PTZ .......................................... 27 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction .................................. 27 6.2 Preset Setting ........................................30 6.3 Cruise Setting ........................................31 6.4 Cruise Group Settings ...................................... 32 6.5 Trace Settings ........................................32 6.6 Task Settings ........................................33 6.7 Smart Tracking .........................................
  • Page 4 Notes& Contents NVR User Manual 9.12 Illegal Parking Detection ....................................68 9.13 Video Metadata ......................................68 Intelligent Analytics ....................................70 10.1 Target Detection View ....................................70 10.1.1 Human Body/Vehicle Detection View ..............................70 10.1.2 Face Detection/Match View ................................70 10.1.3 License Plate Detection/Recognition View ............................72 10.1.4 Object Attribute View ..................................
  • Page 5 Notes& Contents NVR User Manual Device Management ....................................100 14.1 Network Configuration ....................................100 14.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration ..................................100 14.1.2 Port Configuration .................................... 100 14.1.3 PPPoE Configuration ..................................102 14.1.4 DDNS Configuration ..................................103 14.1.5 E-mail Configuration ..................................103 14.1.6 UPnP Configuration ..................................104 14.1.7 802.1X ......................................

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction NVR User Manual 1 Introduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing this NVR. If technical assistance is needed, please contact Speco Technologies Technical Support. Phone: 1-800-645-5516 option 3 Email: techsupport@specotech.com 1.2 Features Basic Functions Supports network device access including IP camera/dome cameras ...
  • Page 7 The motorized zoom camera can be adjusted through web client (Supports zoom in/out, but one key focus is not currently supported)  Supports Speco Blue VMS or other platform management software to access the NVR and manage it  Supports NAT function and QRCode scanning by mobile phone and tablet ...

  • Page 8: Front Panel Descriptions

    Power indicator, when connected, the light is blue 1.4 Rear Panel Descriptions To quickly get started, connect the following to your recorder in the following order, please refer to the following figure (N8NRE shown for reference). Connect IP cameras to the PoE ports of the recorder.

  • Page 9: Basic Operation Guide

    Basic Operation Guide NVR User Manual 2 Basic Operation Guide 2.1 Startup & Shutdown Please make sure all the connections are done properly before you power on the unit. Proper startup and shutdown are crucial to extend the life of your device.

  • Page 10: Mouse Control

    Basic Operation Guide NVR User Manual Button Function Switch off—to stop the device Power Button Record Button To start recording -/-- /0-9 Input number or choose camera Fn1 Button Unavailable temporarily Multi Button To choose multi-screen display mode Next Button To switch the live image To go to sequence view mode Audio...

  • Page 11: Common Button Operation

    Basic Operation Guide NVR User Manual The system includes two input boxes. Refer to the above pictures. The left box is the number input box, and the right box is the input box which provides inputs of numbers, letters, and punctuation characters. The introductions of keys on the input boxes are shown below. Button Meaning Button...

  • Page 12: Ez Setup & Main Interface

    EZ Setup & Main Interface NVR User Manual 3 EZ Setup & Main Interface 3.1 EZ Setup The disk icons will be shown on the top of the startup interface. You can view the number and status of each disk quickly and conveniently through these icons ( : no disk;...
  • Page 13 ⑤ Add Camera. Add cameras via PoE first before adding any cameras from the LAN. Speco cameras added via the PoE ports will automatically be added to the corresponding channel. To add cameras from the LAN, make sure all cameras are set to DHCP. Click “Refresh” to refresh the list of online IP cameras which are in the same local network with NVR and then click to add the searched camera.
  • Page 14 EZ Setup & Main Interface NVR User Manual For the inactivated devices, you can activate them one by one or in batches. Check the inactivated device and click “Activate” to display an activation box. You can use the default password to activate. If your camera needs to be activated by a self-defined password, you need to manually enter the password to activate.

  • Page 15: Main Interface

    ⑨ Rode. Enable the NAT function in the interface or set it in the network configuration after exiting the wizard (please refer to NAT Configuration for details). You can scan the QRcode through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to view your cameras easily and securely. Please refer to Mobile Client Surveillance for details.
  • Page 16 EZ Setup & Main Interface NVR User Manual The buttons in area ① are introduced in the table below. Button Meaning Start button. Click to pop up area ③. Full screen button. Click to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen.

  • Page 17: Setup Panel

    EZ Setup & Main Interface NVR User Manual and then double click one group in the group list to preview the cameras’ images one by one in the selected window. Click “Customize Layout” to view all the display modes in the display mode list (refer to Display Mode for detail configuration of the display mode). Double click one display mode in the list to switch to the display mode for previewing.

  • Page 18: Main Functions

    EZ Setup & Main Interface NVR User Manual Click the main menus at the top of the camera management interface to go to corresponding interfaces. Refer to the picture below. For instance, you can go to the system setup interface by clicking “System” tag. 3.2.3 Main Functions Camera ...

  • Page 19: Camera Management

    Camera Management NVR User Manual 4 Camera Management 4.1 Add/Edit Camera 4.1.1 Add Camera The network of the NVR should be set before adding IP camera (see TCP/IP Configuration for details). Refer to the pictures below. Click Add Camera in the setup panel or in the top right corner of the preview window to pop up the “Add Camera”...
  • Page 20 Camera Management NVR User Manual Note: Some models may not support this function. Click StartSettingsSystemBasicGeneral Settings to check “Enable Add IPC by Zero Operation”. If the NVR has unoccupied channels, it can add IPC without any operation by restarting. Add Recorder ...

  • Page 21: Edit Camera

    Camera Management NVR User Manual Note: Only the local NVR has unoccupied channels, may the IPC of other NVR/DVR in the same local network be added. And the added IPC supports previewing and recording. 4.1.2 Edit Camera Click “Edit Camera” in the setup panel to go to the interface as shown below. Click to view the live image of the camera in the popup window.

  • Page 22: Add/Edit Camera Group

    Camera Management NVR User Manual If the IP camera which connects to the PoE port cannot be displayed automatically in the camera list, please refer to Q6 in Appendix A FAQ for details. 4.2 Add/Edit Camera Group 4.2.1 Add Camera Group Click “Edit Camera Group”...

  • Page 23: Ip Planning

    Camera Management NVR User Manual 4.2.3 IP Planning Some models may not support this function. Click “IP Planning” to go to the interface as shown below. This function supports searching other NVRs/DVRs that are in the same local network as the local NVR.

  • Page 24: Live View Introduction

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual 5 Live View Introduction 5.1 Live View Interface Introduction You should add camera first after logging on to the system (see Add Camera for details). Refer to the interface as shown below, drag one camera in the preview window to another window for camera window exchanging.

  • Page 25: View Mode

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual 5.2 View Mode 5.2.1 Display Mode Set different screen modes and cameras’ display sequences as needed and then save the display modes classified by surveillance areas, priorities and so on. Refer to the picture below. Double click one display mode in the display mode list to view the live images in this mode. Add Display Mode ...

  • Page 26: Quick Sequence View

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual 5.2.2 Quick Sequence View You can start quick sequence view if the scheme has not been created. If the scheme has been created, please refer to Scheme View in Sequence for details. Go to the live view interface and then click to pop up a little window.

  • Page 27: Scheme View In Sequence

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual You can also add camera group in the live view interface. Select “Single Channel Sequences” and then click to add camera group. Click to modify the group name and sequence interval. Click to delete the group. 5.2.4 Scheme View In Sequence Click StartSettingsSystemBasicOutput Settings to go to the interface as shown below.

  • Page 28: Image Settings

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual 5.3.2 Image Settings Click StartSettingsCameraImageImage Settings to go to the following interface. Select the camera and then set the brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue of the camera. Click “Advanced” button or in the camera list on the right side of the interface to pop up “Image Adjust” interface and then set the relevant setting items.

  • Page 29: Image Adjustment

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual 5.3.4 Image Adjustment Go to the live view interface and then click button on the tool bar under the camera window to go to the image adjustment interface. Image Adjustment  Select the camera and then click “Image Adjustment” to go to the image adjustment tab. Refer to the above picture. Drag the slider to set the camera’s brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue value.
  • Page 30 Live View Introduction NVR User Manual Parameter Meaning Decrease the noise and make the image more thorough. Increasing the value will Denoise make the noise reduction effect better but it will reduce the image resolution. White Balance Adjust the color temperature according to the environment automatically. HLC: lowers the brightness of the entire image by suppressing the brightness of the image’s bright area and reducing the size of the halo area.

  • Page 31: Fisheye Settings

    Live View Introduction NVR User Manual Button/Parameter Meaning Click to increase/decrease the focal length. Click to focus instantly. Day/night mode If checked, the lens will focus automatically when the camera is switching switch autofocus day/night mode. It is the time interval when camera lens is auto focusing. The interval can Time Interval be set in the drop-down list.

  • Page 32: Ptz

    NVR User Manual 6 PTZ 6.1 PTZ Control Interface Introduction You can control the IP dome or PTZ which connects to the IP camera for PTZ control. Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview window to go to the PTZ control interface as shown below. The direction, zoom, focus, iris, and speed can be controlled in the small PTZ control window.
  • Page 33 NVR User Manual Button Meaning Click to start / stop recording. Click to hide / show the analog joystick. Click to return to the live view interface. Analog Joystick Control  The analog joystick on the left side of the interface provides quick PTZ control. The dome or PTZ will rotate when you drag the analog joystick. The farther you drag the analog joystick from the middle of the image, the faster the dome or PTZ rotates.
  • Page 34 NVR User Manual Click “Preset” to go to preset operation tab and then click “Add” button to pop up a window as shown below. Select the preset and then enter the preset name in the window; finally click “OK” button to save the settings. You can add 255 presets for each dome at most. Adjust the dome’s direction and then click “Save Position”...

  • Page 35: Preset Setting

    NVR User Manual Cruise Group Settings  On the right panel, click to go to the cruise group setting tab. Click “Add” to add a cruise group as shown below. In the “Add Cruise” window, select the cruise line name. After that, click “Play” to play the cruise lines in sequence. Trace Settings ...

  • Page 36: Cruise Setting

    NVR User Manual Add preset  Select camera and then click “Add” button to add preset; or click in the camera list on the right side of the interface to display the preset information of the dome and then click to add preset.

  • Page 37: Cruise Group Settings

    NVR User Manual corner of the cruise to delete the cruise. 6.4 Cruise Group Settings Click StartSettingsCameraPTZCruise Group to go to the interface as shown below. Add Cruise Group  Click “Add Cruise” to add the cruise or click to extend the cruise list and then click to add the cruise.

  • Page 38: Task Settings

    NVR User Manual Delete the Trace  Click to delete the trace. Or put the cursor on the trace name (right panel) and then will appear on the right corner of the trace name; click it to delete this trace. 6.6 Task Settings Click StartSettingsCameraPTZTask to go to the interface as shown below.
  • Page 39 NVR User Manual PTZ Tracking Priority: if this mode is selected, after enabling “Trigger track” in one of the following events, you cannot control PTZ by clicking the buttons on the PTZ control panel in the live view interface. Manual PTZ Control Priority: if this mode is selected, after enabling “Trigger track” in one of the following events, you can control PTZ by clicking the buttons on the PTZ control panel in the live view interface during the process of smart tracking.

  • Page 40: Record & Disk Management

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual 7 Record & Disk Management 7.1 Record Configuration 7.1.1 Mode Configuration Please format the HDDs before recording (refer to Disk Management for details). Click StartSettingsRecordMode Settings to go to the mode settings interface. You can set the record time under the “Manual Record Settings” and then click “Apply” to save the settings. There are two record modes: auto mode and scheduled mode.

  • Page 41: Schedule Settings

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual Video Encode: the available options will be H.265 and H.264 if the connected IP camera supports H.265, or the option will be H.264 only. Resolution: the higher the resolution is, the clearer the image is. FPS: the higher the frame rate is, the more fluent the video is.
  • Page 42 Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual Set the schedule name and schedule time and then click “Add” to save the schedule. You can set a day schedule or week schedule. : add button; : delete button. Set Day Schedule ...

  • Page 43: Advanced Configuration

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual Click “All” to set all week recording; click “Reverse” to swap the selected and unselected time in a week; click “Clear All” to clear all the selected area in a week. 7.1.3 Advanced Configuration Click StartSettingsRecordAdvanced to go to the following interface.

  • Page 44: Record Mode

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual Click the “Record Substream” tab to set the record substream. Select “Auto” and then the system will automatically set the record substream. Select “Manual” to set the encode, resolution, frame rate and max birate of the record substream manually. 7.3 Record Mode 7.3.1 Manual Recording Method One: Click...

  • Page 45: Motion Based Recording

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual 7.3.3 Motion Based Recording Motion Based Recording: the system will start motion-based recording when the motion object appears in the setup schedule. The setup steps are as follows: ① Set the motion-based recording schedule of each camera. See Schedule Settings for details. ②...
  • Page 46 Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual ② Create an array. (Go to StartSettingsDiskPhysical Disk) a. Click “Physical Disk” tab and then click “Create an array”. b. Enter the username and password which has the authority of Disk Management. If you don’t have one, you can use the username and password that you login system (the default username: admin;...

  • Page 47: Storage Mode Configuration

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual RAID Rebuilding  If one of your disks is broken, the disk indicator on the front panel will turn red. Of course, a warning tip will pop up if the relevant HDD exception alarm is set.

  • Page 48: View Disk And S.m.a.r.t. Information

    Record & Disk Management NVR User Manual Click to add the backup HDD. After account verification, select an HDD and then this HDD will be removed from the normal group to the backup group. Simultaneously, it will be formatted. Please back up all data of this HDD in advance when you want to remove it to the backup group.

  • Page 49: Playback & Backup

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual 8 Playback & Backup 8.1 Instant Playback Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the preview camera window to play back the record (click on the tool bar at the top of the live view interface to set the default playback time).
  • Page 50 Playback & Backup NVR User Manual Button Meaning Start button. Click to pop up area ②. Full screen button. Click to show full screen; click it again to exit the full screen. Screen mode button. OSD ON button. Click to enable OSD; click it again to disable OSD. Quick channel selection button Stop button.

  • Page 51: Smart Playback

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual Click to add tag. You can play back the record by searching the Add Tag added tag. Click it and then enter the tag name in the popup window. Click “Add” to add tag. Click to switch the playback camera.

  • Page 52: Smart Playback Settings

    Draw quadrilateral. You can search the record in this quadrilateral after drawing it. Search by license plate number Search by face (only N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE supports) Playback settings button Return button. Click to return to the previous interface. 8.3.1 Smart Playback Settings Click to set “Motion/Face/Vehicle video playback speed”, “Ordinary video playback speed”.

  • Page 53: Smart Playback By Face Search

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual 8.3.3 Smart Playback by Face Search Before starting this function, the face recognition function shall be enabled. Please see Face Recognition for details. If your device doesn’t support such a function, please skip the following instructions. ①...

  • Page 54: Smart Search By Object Attributes

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual Select the plate from “Recent”, “Plate Database” or “Customization” and then click “Search” to search recorded files and play. Here we take an example of search plate from “Plate Database”. Click to choose a group. Then plates will be listed in the table automatically. Click “Search” to play. 8.3.5 Smart Search by Object Attributes Before searching objects by attributes, please enable video metadata function of cameras.

  • Page 55: Record Search, Playback & Export

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual 8.4 Record Search, Playback & Export The recorded data and the captured pictures can be exported through network, USB (U disk or USB mobile HDD). The file system of the export devices should be FAT32 format. 8.4.1 EZ Search ①...

  • Page 56: Time Search

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual Note: If you back up the record in private format, the system will back up a RPAS player to USB device automatically. The private format record can be played by RPAS player only. ⑤ Click “Playback” button to play the record in the playback interface (refer to Playback Interface Introduction for details). Click “Exit” to exit the interface.

  • Page 57: Event Search

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual 8.4.3 Event Search ① Click StartSearch and ExportEvent Search to go to “Event Search” tab as shown below. ② Check the event type in the interface as required. ③ Click to set the start time and end time on the top left of the interface. Click to filter targets.

  • Page 58: Bookmark Search

    Playback & Backup NVR User Manual ⑤ Click in the list to play back the record in the popup window. Click to back up one record data or check multiple record data in the list and then click “Backup” button for record batch backup. ⑥...

  • Page 59: Ai Event Management

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual 9 AI Event Management 9.1 Face Recognition Only some models support alarm based on face comparison. If your device doesn’t support face recognition function, please skip the face database and face recognition instructions. Please set face recognition function according to the following procedures for the first time. Set face detection and alarm linkage ...

  • Page 60: Face Database Management

    Digital Deterrent for details. To set the light flashing time and frequency of the IPC, please refer to Light for details. ⑩ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 9.1.2 Face Database Management This function is only available for N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE/N8NRX/N16NRX. ① Click StartSettingsAI/EventAI EventFace RecognitionFace Database to go to the following interface as shown below.
  • Page 61 AI Event Management NVR User Manual For the first time, you can click “+” or “Add Group” to add groups. ② To add targets for each group. ② Select a list and then click to expand the list as shown below. ③...

  • Page 62: Face Recognition Settings

    9.1.3 Face Recognition Settings This function is only available for N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE N8NRX/N16NRX. After the face database and face pictures are added, click “Face Recognition” to return to the face recognition setting interface. Click the “Recognition” tab to go to the following interface.

  • Page 63: License Plate Recognition

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ③ Set the stranger alarm linkage items. When the captured face picture doesn’t match the face pictures in the face database or their similarity is lower than the set value, the captured person will be regarded as a stranger. ...

  • Page 64: Plate Database Management

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual Set the schedule.  Set the area and plate exposure as needed.  Set the alarm area. Drag the mouse to draw a detection area. Click “Clear” to delete the alarm area. Set the blocked area. Select the number and then draw a blocked area. Up to 4 areas can be set up. After you set the blocked area, this area will not be detected.

  • Page 65: License Plate Recognition Settings

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ② Enter the plate, vehicle owner and mobile phone number. ③ Select the vehicle type and group. ④ Enable validity period to set the start and end time ⑤ Finally click “OK” to complete. Select the added plate and then click to modify its information;...

  • Page 66: Line Crossing Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual AI function also can be added and used to detect line crossing, region intrusion, region entrance and region exiting events through NVR. However, if perimeter detection by NVR is enabled for a camera (without AI), face detection cannot be enabled simultaneously, and vice versa. 2.

  • Page 67: Region Entrance Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ⑤ Select the alarm area. Up to 4 alarm areas can be set up. ⑥ Draw the alarm area for the intrusion detection. Refer to the interface as shown below. Click around the area where you want to set as the alarm area in the image (the alarm area should be a closed area).

  • Page 68: Crowd Density Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ⑥ Click “Trigger Mode” to configure abandoned/missing object detection alarm linkage items. Enable or disable “Record”, “Snapshot”, “Push”, “Alarm-out”, “Preset”, “Buzzer”, “Pop-up Video” and “E-mail”. The alarm linkage settings are the same as the face detection alarm (see Face Detection Settings for details).

  • Page 69: Tampering Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual Only some IPCs support this function. If your camera doesn’t support this function, please skip the following instructions. ① Click StartSettingsAI/EventAI EventMoreTarget Counting to go to the following interface. ② Enable line crossing counting. ③...

  • Page 70: Fire Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ② Select the camera and detection duration and then enable the relevant detection as needed. Scene Change: Alarms will be triggered if the scene of the monitor video has changed. Video Blurred: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes blurry. Video Color Cast: Alarms will be triggered if the video becomes obscured.

  • Page 71: Audio Exception

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual ② Set the schedule and the alarm duration time. ③ Set thermography rule. Select the rule type, including Point, Line and Area. Emissivity: Set the emissivity of the target. The emissivity of each object is different. Distance: The distance between the target and the camera.

  • Page 72: Loitering Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual Sensitivity: The higher the value is, the easier the alarm will be triggered. Sound Intensity Threshold: It is the sound intensity reference for the detection. The lower the value is, the easier the alarm will be triggered. It is recommended to set the average sound intensity in the environment.

  • Page 73: Illegal Parking Detection

    AI Event Management NVR User Manual 9.12 Illegal Parking Detection Only some IPCs support this function. If the camera you added doesn’t support this function, please skip the following instructions. Illegal Parking Detection: when a vehicle (like a car, truck, motorcycle, etc.) staying in a no-parking zone exceeds the threshold, alarms will be triggered until the vehicle is driven away.
  • Page 74 AI Event Management NVR User Manual Detection Area: 4 detection areas can be set. Targets that enter the pre-defined detection area will be counted and captured. Blocked Area: 4 blocked areas can be set. Targets that enter in the pre-defined blocked area will not be counted and captured. To set detection area: Select the number and then set the detection area.

  • Page 75: Intelligent Analytics

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual 10 Intelligent Analytics 10.1 Target Detection View 10.1.1 Human Body/Vehicle Detection View Only when the camera supports human body/vehicle detection, can you view the real-time captured people or vehicle pictures. The setting steps are as follow: ①...
  • Page 76 Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual For unknown faces, you can select this face and click under the captured face to register this face (see the following picture); click quickly go to the smart face search interface where you can search the matching face information; click to quickly go to the smart face playback interface;...

  • Page 77: License Plate Detection/Recognition View

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual Target Detection Display: Face, human body, vehicle or plate can be enabled. If disabled, the captured target picture will not be displayed under the target detection tab in the live view interface. Display Strategy: Two options-Comparison priority and only comparison Video Overlay Display: If “Target box”...

  • Page 78: Object Attribute View

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual Click to view the captured detail information. Click to quickly enter the vehicle search interface. You can search for the matched plate information in this interface. Click to go to the smart playback interface. ② Enable license plate recognition function and set the alarm linkage items (see License Plate Recognition Settings for details). ③...
  • Page 79 Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual ② Click to choose face detection cameras. ③ Select all events, successful recognition or stranger. ④ Click “Search” to search face pictures. You can view face pictures by time or by camera. ⑤ Click the searched face picture to play in the small playback window; select a face picture and click “Backup” to export it. Click “Original”...
  • Page 80 Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual To add target face from recent a. Choose the face. b. Click “Select Face”. To add target face from face database: a. Click “More” to choose groups. b. Select a target face and click “Select Face”. To add target face from snapshot gallery: a.

  • Page 81: Track Playback

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual View Image by List  Click “List” tab to view images by time as shown below. Click the searched image to play. Click to view the detail information of the compared target face. View Match Images ...
  • Page 82 Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual Note: Only when two or more cameras detect this person, can his/her track be viewed here. Descriptions of buttons on the track interface Fixed Window Frame Followed Window Fast Forward（x2;x4） Exchange Window Normal Speed Stop Start/Stop Track Play Edit Map...

  • Page 83: Face Search By Snapshot

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual Click “Load Map” to add a map. Then drag the camera names on the map to change their locations. Choose a color on the left color list to set your favorite color for camera names. Load Map: ①...

  • Page 84: Vehicle Search

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual You can also select the attributes of people to filter (like gender, age, mask-wearing status, glasses-wearing status, color of clothes, etc.). Note that only the searched camera with video metadata function can filter attributes. Click the searched picture to play the record in the small window. Select pictures and check “Backup Picture” and/or “Backup Record” and then click “Backup”...

  • Page 85: Combination Search

    Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual ③ Click “Original” to see the original pictures; click “List” to view the snapshot information list. Click to view the detail information; click to back up the image. Select “Plate Detection” or “Plate Match” to view plate image. You can also enter the plate number to search the plate pictures. Then you can view the track of this vehicle.
  • Page 86 Intelligent Analytics NVR User Manual Note: The person information includes face information and figure information. ① Select the time. ② Select cameras. ③ Select events as needed, such as face detection, face recognition, region intrusion, line crossing, target counting, etc. Note: Face match events (successful recognition &...

  • Page 87: General Event Management

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11 General Event Management 11.1 Sensor Alarm To complete the entire sensor alarm settings, you should enable the sensor alarm of each camera and then set up the alarm handling of each camera. ① Click StartSettingsAlarmSensor to go to the following interface. ②...

  • Page 88: Motion Configuration

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11.2.1 Motion Configuration ① Click StartSettingsCameraMotion Settings to go to the following interface. ② Select the camera, enable motion, and set the sensitivity and duration of the camera. Sensitivity: the higher the value is, the more sensitive it is to motion. You should adjust the value according to the practical conditions since the sensitivity is influenced by color and time (day or night).

  • Page 89: Combination Alarm

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11.3 Combination Alarm ① Click StartSettingsAlarm Combination Alarm to go to the following interface. ② Customize combination alarm. Set alarm name and click “Configure” under the Combined Alarm Configuration item. Then select alarm type and alarm source.

  • Page 90: Alarm Event Notification

    General Event Management NVR User Manual sensor alarm (see Sensor Alarm for details). ③ Click “Apply” to save the settings. 11.6 Alarm Event Notification 11.6.1 Alarm-out ① Click StartSettingsAl/EventEvent Notification to go to the following interface. ② Set the delay time and the schedule of each alarm-out. You can click “Edit Schedules” to edit the schedules (see Schedule Settings for details). ③...

  • Page 91: Push

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11.6.5 Push Click StartSettings AI/Event Event NotificationPush to go to the interface as shown below. Check “Enable”, select the schedule and then click “Apply” to save the settings. If Push Server is online, it will push text to the mobile clients according to the set schedule. 11.6.6 Digital Deterrent Click StartSettings...

  • Page 92: Light

    General Event Management NVR User Manual Speaker (built-in): Please select its function as needed. LOUT: external audio output device, please select its function as needed. Audio Out Volume: Set the audio output volume as needed. Audio Input Encode: G711A/G711U Note: The speaker (built-in) and LOUT (external) cannot be enabled simultaneously for some cameras. Please select it as needed. Audio Linage Schedule: Set the schedule of audio linkage alarm.

  • Page 93: Manual Alarm

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11.7 Manual Alarm Click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to pop up a window. Click “Trigger” to start alarm. Click “Clear” to stop the alarm. 11.8 View Alarm Status Click StartSettingsAlarmAlarm Status or click on the tool bar at the bottom of the live preview interface to view the alarm status.

  • Page 94: System Disarming

    General Event Management NVR User Manual 11.9 System Disarming You can quickly disarm the device through the alarm host and remote client (like mobile APP). All alarm linkages of all channels and sensor alarms will be invalid after clicking “One Key Disarm” by default. You can also self-define the channels and sensors you want to disarm by clicking “Add”.

  • Page 95: Application

    Application NVR User Manual 12 Application 12.1 Face Attendance This function is only available for some models. If your device doesn’t support it, please skip the following instructions. Click StartApplicationFace Attendance to go to the following interface. To search attendance information ①...

  • Page 96: Parking Lot Settings

    Application NVR User Manual Click to view the detailed information. In this interface, the checked image can be viewed. Click to view the registered face picture of this person. 12.3 Parking Lot Settings You can manage the parking lot through the NVR. Before using this function, please add the professional ANPR camera. Click Start Application Parking Lot Management to go to the parking lot setting interface.

  • Page 97: Parking Lot Management

    Application NVR User Manual Direction: choose “Close”, “Enter”, “Exit” or “Enter and Exit” as needed. If “Close” is selected, the LPR/ANPR camera is only used to recognize plates and doesn’t trigger the relevant parking management function. If you want to manage vehicles entering and leaving a park with one LPR/ANPR camera, it is suggested to select “Enter and Exit”. In this way, vehicles entering the park trigger alarms by default, but vehicles leaving the park don’t trigger alarms.

  • Page 98: Search Vehicle Entry/Exiting Records

    Application NVR User Manual Click “ ” to return to the live view interface. 12.3.5 Search Vehicle Entry/Exiting Records In the parking lot management interface, click to search the records of vehicles entering/exiting the park lot. You can search these records by setting filtering conditions (including time/direction/license plate). Click in the right corner of the searched picture to view the details;...

  • Page 99: Open The Door Manually

    Application NVR User Manual Select the access control device you want to configure the parameters. Lock: Choose the lock you want to control. Unlocking Mode: if “Mask On” is selected, the door will be opened when the matched person wearing a mask List Type: Allow list, visitor (including allow list), stranger (including visitor and allow list).

  • Page 100: Account & Permission Management

    Account & Permission Management NVR User Manual 13 Account & Permission Management 13.1 Account Management Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthorityAccountEdit User to go to the interface as shown below. Area ① displays the user permissions. Area ② displays the user list. Click the user in the list to display its user permissions in area ①. There are three default permission groups (“Administrator”, “Advanced”...
  • Page 101 Account & Permission Management NVR User Manual Edit Security Question  You can set password security only for admin. Click “Edit Security Question” and then set questions and answers in the popup window. If you forget the password for admin, please refer to Q4 in Appendix A FAQ for details. The passwords of other users can be recovered by admin or the users that have the “Account and Authority”...

  • Page 102: User Login & Logout

    Account & Permission Management NVR User Manual 13.2 User Login & Logout Login: Click StartLogin or directly click the preview interface and then select username and enter the password in the popup window. Click “Login” button to log in the system. Logout: Click StartLogout or click StartShutdown to pop up the “Shutdown”...

  • Page 103: Edit Permission Group

    Account & Permission Management NVR User Manual 13.3.2 Edit Permission Group Go to “Edit Permission Group” interface and then click in the group list to edit the permission group (the operations of the “Edit Permission Group” are similar to that of the “Add Permission Group”, please see Add Permission Group for details). Click to save the group as another group.

  • Page 104: Password Security

    Account & Permission Management NVR User Manual ARP Guard: Address Resolution Protocol Guard. This function can protect the LAN from APR attack and make the network run stably. If it is enabled, you can enable auto gateway MAC or manually set gateway MAC. Additionally, detection defense also can be enabled as needed. 13.7 Password Security Click StartSettingsAccount and AuthoritySecurityPassword Security to go to the following interface.

  • Page 105: Device Management

    Device Management NVR User Manual 14 Device Management 14.1 Network Configuration 14.1.1 TCP/IP Configuration Click StartSettingsNetworkTCP/IP to go to the following interface. Check “Obtain an IPv4 address automatically”, “Obtain an IPv6 address automatically” and “Obtain DNS automatically” to get the network addresses automatically, or manually enter the network addresses. You can modify the MTU value according to the network condition (MTU, Maximum Transmission Unit, can be modified according to network condition for higher network transmission efficiency).
  • Page 106 Device Management NVR User Manual HTTP Port: the default HTTP port of the NVR is 80. The port number can be changed to others like 81. The port is mainly used for web client access. If you want to access the NVR through a web browser, you should enter IP address plus HTTP port in the address bar of the web browser like http://192.168.11.61:81.

  • Page 107: Pppoe Configuration

    Device Management NVR User Manual Click “Apply” to save the settings. ⑤ Please note that the certificate uploaded here shall be a certificate with a private key. How to attach the private key to the certificate? Please open the certificate and the private key files with the editor (like Notepad++) and then copy the private key to the certificate. Create a certificate request Check “Create a certificate request”.

  • Page 108: Ddns Configuration

    14.1.4 DDNS Configuration The DDNS is used to control the dynamic IP address through domain name. Speco Technologies provides free DDNS service with US-based servers. You can access the NVR easily if the DDNS is enabled and configured. Click StartSettingsNetworkDDNS to go to the interface as shown below. The default DDNS type will be “specoddns.net”.

  • Page 109: Upnp Configuration

    Device Management NVR User Manual Click “Add” and then enter the recipient’s e-mail address and select the schedule (if a schedule is selected, the system will send the alarm email and the recipient will receive it only in the selected schedule time) in the popup window. Click “Add” in the window to add the recipient. You can also change the recipient’s receiving schedule by clicking in the “Schedule”...

  • Page 110: Cloud Upgrade

    Device Management NVR User Manual Security Access: Only some models upgraded from a lower version can display this function. New models support this function by default. After you bind the device to your APP account and enable this function, a verification code will be required when logging onto the web client by using the above visit address (different areas and regions maybe have different visit addresses).

  • Page 111: Platform Access

    Device Management NVR User Manual ② Please don’t power off during the upgrade process. Camera Upgrade  Click the “Channel Upgrade” tab to automatically check the added camera version. If cameras are not the latest version, click “Check for Updates” to get the latest version from the cloud server.

  • Page 112: Network Status

    Device Management NVR User Manual Note: when adding the device to the third-party platform with ONVIF protocol, please check “Enable ONVIF” first and then enter the username and password created in the above interface. 14.1.13 Network Status Click StartSettingsNetworkNetwork Status to view the network status to view network status conveniently. Click StartSettingsNetworkNetwork Status Detection.

  • Page 113: Date And Time Configuration

    Device Management NVR User Manual Device Name: The name of the device. It may display on the client end or CMS that help user to recognize the device remotely. Video Format: Two modes: PAL and NTSC. Select the video format according to the camera. Main Output: Enable “Fixed display resolution”...

  • Page 114: Recorder Osd Settings

    Device Management NVR User Manual 14.2.3 Recorder OSD Settings Click StartSettingsSystemBasicRecorder OSD settings to go to the following interface. OSD name, icon and address can be enabled here. 14.2.4 PoE Settings PoE Management  Click StartSettingsSystemBasic SettingsPoE Power Management to go to the following interface. This function is only available for the POE device.

  • Page 115: Factory Default

    Device Management NVR User Manual The PnP function of each PoE port is enabled by default. You can directly connect the PoE IPC to the PoE port of the NVR with a network cable. You can also connect the PoE IPC to the NVR via a PoE switch by referring to the following steps. 1.

  • Page 116: Backup And Restore

    Device Management NVR User Manual 14.5 Backup and Restore You can back up the configuration file of the NVR by exporting the file to other storage devices; you can recover the configuration to other NVRs which are of the same model with the NVR by importing the configuration file to other NVRs for time saving. Insert the USB storage device into the USB interface of the NVR and then click StartSettingsSystemMaintenanceBackup and Restore to go to the interface.

  • Page 117: View System Information

    Device Management NVR User Manual Choose the log file in the list and then click “Export” button to export the log file. Click on the “Content” title bar to pop up a menu list. Check contents in the menu list and then the log list will show the checked log contents only. Click to play the video log.

  • Page 118: Remote Surveillance

    ① Enable NAT in the NVR. Refer to NAT Configuration for details. ② Scan the QRCode through the Speco Blue App available for iOS and Android to easily and securely view your cameras. ③ Run the mobile client, go to the “Add Device” interface and then click to scan the QRCode of the NVR (Go to StartSettingsSystemInformationBasic to view the QRCode of the NVR).

  • Page 119: Web Remote Control

    Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual PPPoE Access  ① Click StartSettingsNetworkPPPoE to go to the “PPPoE” interface. Check “Enable” in the “PPPoE settings” and then enter the username and password you get from your ISP. Click “Apply” to save the settings. ②...

  • Page 120: Remote Preview

    Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual The buttons and icons on the top right corner of the remote interface are introduced as follows. admin: the current login username. Logout: click it to log out and return to the login interface. Modify Password: click it to change the password of the current login user. Enter the current password and then set a new password in the popup window.
  • Page 121 Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual on the left panel stands for the number of online cameras; the right number 3 stands for the number of all the added cameras. Enter the camera name in the search box and then click to search the camera.
  • Page 122 Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual Click one camera window in the preview area and then click to set the camera’s live view stream and record stream to mainstream in manual record mode; click to set the camera’s live view stream and record stream to sub stream. In sub stream tab, set the resolution, FPS and bitrate and then click “Apply”...

  • Page 123: Remote Playback

    Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual Button Meaning click to play the cruise group; click to stop cruise group. Click to view the trace list. Click to add a trace; click Trace play the trace click to start record. 15.4.2 Remote Playback Click “Playback”...

  • Page 124: Intelligent Analysis

    Remote Surveillance NVR User Manual 15.4.4 Intelligent Analysis Click “Intelligent Analysis” in the remote interface to configure smart search, statistics, sample database, parking lot management, face attendance and face check in. All of these settings are similar to that of the NVR. See the configurations of the NVR for details. 15.4.5 Remote Configuration Click “Function Panel”...

  • Page 125: Appendix A Faq

    NVR User Manual Appendix A FAQ Q1. Why can’t I find the HDD? Please check the power and SATA data cables of the HDD to make sure they are well connected. For some NVRs with the 1U or small 1U case, the power of the adapter may be not enough for operating them. Please use the power adaptor supplied along with the NVR.
  • Page 126 NVR User Manual 12 CH IP cameras occupy the 8 network resources from CH1 to CH8 and 4 PoE resources from CH9 to CH12 which are supposed to be occupied by connecting the IP cameras directly. In this situation, if you directly connect one IP camera to PoE5, PoE6, PoE7 or PoE8, the IP camera will be displayed in the camera list automatically;...
  • Page 127 NVR User Manual IE browser blocks ActiveX control. Please set up as per the steps mentioned below. ① Open IE browser. Click Internet Options. ② Select SecurityCustom Level. Refer to Fig 10-1. ③ Enable all the sub options under “ActiveX controls and plug-ins”. Refer to Fig 10-2. ④...
  • Page 128 NVR User Manual If you select the AVI format when backing up a record by NVR, the record backup data can be played by the video player which supports this  format. Record backed up through web. The record can only be backed up with AVI format through the web. The record can be backed up to PC and played by the video player which supports this format.

  • Page 129: Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity

    Calculate Recording Capacity NVR User Manual Appendix B Calculate Recording Capacity The recording capacity is mainly up to the record resolution, record stream and bitrate. Different image quality parameters decide different disk capacity occupation in equal times. The bigger the record resolution, record stream and record bitrate is, the more disk capacity is taken up in equal times.
  • Page 130 Model: N8NRE/N16NRE/N32NRE/N4NRN/N8NRN/ N16NRN/ N32NRN/N4NRL/N8NRL/ N8NRP/ N16NRP/N64NR/N4NRM/N8NRM/N16NRM/N8NRX/N16NRX Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statements This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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